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The bugle sounded as the sun was setting to honour the Anzacs. 330598
Pictures: MIKAYLA VAN LOON
Over 7000 hand knitted poppies created an installation at the Lilydale Memorial Park. 330598
Anzacs honoured By Mikayla Van Loon For the first time the Lilydale Memorial Park held an early Anzac Day service to help honour and acknowledge the lives of those who fought and died at war. With over 600 known Office of Australian
War Graves registered within the eastern region of the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT), including at Lilydale, Healesville, Emerald, Templestowe and Andersons Creek, organiser Sharyn May said it felt only right to remember them. “We really wanted to honour the people, so
our servicemen and women, who are buried within our cemeteries,” she said. Helped along by the Lilydale RSL and historian Anthony McAleer, the twilight service on Tuesday 18 April saw members from many aspects of the community come together to commemorate the fallen.
Having last year installed thousands of hand knitted poppies in a display for Anzac Day, Ms May said this year she and the driver of the poppy making Sharon Chuck, wanted to expand that and combine it with a service. Continued page 8
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